EPA will step up inspections of water sector cybersecurity

[rbc]

The Environmental Protection Agency issued an alert Monday warning the nation’s water utilities that as cybersecurity threats continue to rise the agency will also increase its security-focused inspections and enforcement activities.

The EPA said in a statement that the agency has found that more than 70% of inspected water systems do not fully comply with certain security requirements in the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). Some of the water systems are missing basic cybersecurity practices, the agency said, such as not relying on default passwords and not using multi-factor authentication.

The EPA said that attacks on the water sector “have increased in frequency and severity to a point where additional action is critical.”
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EPA will step up inspections of water sector cybersecurity